Features of KOUNOTORI3

Main engine (Credit: JAXA)

For its continuous and effective supply to the ISS in the future, KOUNOTORI3 adopts domestic products for its primary equipment such as main engine. In addition, development and improvement have been made to flexibly meet the operations requirement of the ISS. Under the cooperation between JAXA and private sector, KOUNOTORI3 carries an i-Ball to acquire data during the reentry into the atmosphere. KOUNOTORI3 will also attempt to capture the state of breakup of the vehicle.

Payload

AQH (credit: JAXA)

The Japanese payload cargo manifest includes: AQH that accommodates small fishes such as Medaka, Japanese killifishes, Multi-mission Consolidated Equipment (MCE) which mounts 5 payloads, and J-SSOD that releases CubeSats with its platform grasped by the Kibo's Remote Manipulator System (RMS).